Syria's president al-Sharaa forms new transitional government

March 29 (Reuters) - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, appointing 23 ministers in a broadened cabinet seen as a key milestone in the transition from decades of Assad family rule and to improving Syria's ties with the West.

Syria's new Sunni Islamist-led authorities have been under pressure from the West and Arab countries to form a government that is more inclusive of the country's diverse ethnic and religious communities.

That pressure increased following the killings of hundreds of Alawite civilians - the minority sect from which toppled leader Bashar al-Assad hails - in violence along Syria's western coast this month.

The cabinet included Yarub Badr, an Alawite who was named transportation minister, while Amgad Badr, who belongs to the Druze commun...
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